Cross references

Hebrews 2:17

For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.

Hebrews 2:17 BSB
  1. a Or to make propitiation

Hebrews 2:17 has 21 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 10 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Philippians 2:7–8 (15 votes) and Hebrews 2:14 (15 votes). 57 other verses point back to it. It links with 23 other books, from Genesis 19 to Revelation 1.

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Which verses does Hebrews 2:17 point to?

The 20 strongest of 21, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross.

  2. Hebrews 2:1415 votes

    Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,

  3. Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin. …

  4. For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!

  5. All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation. …

  6. Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.

  7. Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.

  8. For both the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.

  9. Now Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house, testifying to what would be spoken later.

  10. Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds.

Which verses point to Hebrews 2:17?

The 10 strongest of 57.